Trapped underground with decaying bodies, miners faced a dark …
Jan 18, 2025 · In November, police stepped up efforts at the Buffelsfontein mine in Stilfontein, surrounding the entrance to the shaft and refusing to let food and water go down. Before the rescue operation...
Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as …
Jan 17, 2025 · Why did 87 miners die trapped underground in South Africa as police tried to force their surrender? Mine rescue workers host up a cage that was used to rescue trapped miners at an abandoned gold mine, where miners were rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Thursday, Jan. 16, 2025. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe)
South Africa's Stilfontein mine: The blockaded shaft where …
Jan 18, 2025 · The use of the emotive word has drawn comparisons with the shooting dead by police of 34 striking miners in Marikana, some 150km (93 miles) away from Stilfontein, in 2012. But this time no ...
Stilfontein mine deaths - Wikipedia
Beginning in August 2024, a siege, conducted by South African authorities, occurred at a closed gold mine in Stilfontein. The siege has resulted in the deaths of at least 78 illegal miners.
South African miners trapped underground: What you need to know
Nov 18, 2024 · Hundreds – possibly thousands – of miners remain trapped in an abandoned gold mine in South Africa’s northwestern Stilfontein town, fearful to come out of hiding and face arrest by security ...
South African police end mine rescue operation with at least 78 …
Jan 16, 2025 · South Africa’s Police minister Senzo Mchunu, center, attempts talking to family members and activists after visiting an abandoned gold mine, where miners are rescued from below ground, in Stilfontein, South Africa, Tuesday, Jan. 14, 2025.
No more miners trapped at Stilfontein mine in South Africa, …
Jan 15, 2025 · At least 78 bodies and more than 200 survivors have been pulled out since Monday after a court ordered the government to facilitate rescue operations at the mine, the site of one of the most...
Rescuers try to free men trapped in South African gold mine with …
Jan 15, 2025 · At least 51 bodies and 106 survivors have been pulled from the Stilfontein mine, South African police said Wednesday, with many more feared trapped inside.
Stilfontein's dangerous and desperate illegal mining industry
Nov 19, 2024 · A few weeks ago, a warning message typed by the authorities and translated into Sesotho, Xhosa and Tsonga circulated among illegal miners in Stilfontein, urging people underground to "exit at the Margaret Shaft as it is the safest existing exit".
Court orders South Africa police to end mine stand-off | CNN
Nov 17, 2024 · A South African court ordered police to end a standoff with illegal miners and allow emergency workers to gain access to a shaft where hundreds are believed to be holed up.
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